Sanitary case



s. A. KORNSWEET.-

SANITARY CASE. APPLICATION vFILED APRA 14. 192.1.

Patented Sept. 12, 1922.

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Patented lSept.. 12 `19232.

-Ter- SANITARY; CASE.

" Application ined April i4, i921. serial No. 461,273. j

To all whom t 'may concermi i Be it known that I, SAMUEL A.y KORN- swnn'r, a 'citizen of the United States,aiid a resident of' Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improve# ments in Sanitary Cases, of rwhich the fol# lowingisa specification. Y vvThis invention relates to cases ofthe characterV employed' for holding ice cream cones and confections of various kinds to prevent contamination thereof. v

l This is an improvement of the invention disclosed in my prior Patentv No. 1,338,833, dated May 4, 1920, y

An object .of this inventionV is to make provision for easilyand quickly adaptingl the case for the holding of stacks of 'Cornucopias orv cones, candy in bulk' or in packages, chewing gum and the like.

- In the Lprior patent/referred toabove',

- there is shown a member provided lwith perforations in which the lowermost' cones or stacks of cones are placed. proi'fidefo'i` the same construction in this invention, and in addition T provide a` supplemental `perforateA member and T provide` suspension means lfor the supplemental perforateV ineinber to' support the supplemental member so as to producea shelf, upon which thearticles for sale may be placed the same asin an ordinary show case` This invention also provides means to hold the lower section of the closure in closed position'while vthe upper section Vis being openedl and closed, sov that, ifjdesired, the` case may -be filled with candy or'oth'er articles in bulk,- it` being essential to makel the `closure hinged in two section s'o that, when'thecase isrfused for ice cream cones, the cones can' be readily, reached by the ,at-

1 'tendant for taking them from the case.

vThe foregoing objects will be` understood more readily from the fact thatv in coun- -tries where the temperature is quite low during a' portion of th'eyea'r, there is not i much sale for ice ycream cones in winter. Wherefore, if a storekeeper is'in possessionv offthis improved case, he 1may use the same for holding ice cream conesin warm weather,

and readily: change the Casezand plac l on'display th'ei'einchewingligum, candyA and thelik'e for the trade in colder WeatheL-k. L f

The accompanyingdrawings illustrate the invention Figure'l is a perspective view of acase ffembodyingthe invention, theparts'.beingl arranged asthe case wouldbe used for the displayof chewinggum', chocolate and other I i rpackaged articlesu i vvFigureQis a sectional elevation. 'of .fhg

caseshownin Figure 1." f l p Figure 3 is an end View of 'the'case Vwith the parts `arranged as they would be when t the case is used' for candyor otherarticles y in bulk', the lid beingopen;

Figure 4- is aisectional elevation of the case with the lid and door in openfposition,

the parts being'in thepositonsv which they". would occupy when the-"case is-usedy for holding ice cream' cones;A stacks kof:y which vare also shown in' place'in the'case.

. Figure 5 is an' enlarged 'fragmental ydetail of one corner' of the case, aportionpofthe 1 frame being shown in section.

Figure@ is an'enl'arged'fraginental planv .'view'of Figure 3.

- Figure-7 is an enlarged lsectional"detail," onlineindicated by 7 7', 'Fi'gure3- A suitable 4fraine is provided comprising,

in this instance,loiigitudinal 'front and vrear a I strips 1,2, endstrips' .3 and v,fronti corner` rstandards .4, all of. angular cross section.

`The upper ends ofthe standards 4-a`repro` vided vwith earswhich* are `bent overthe end'and front Walls 6', 7- ofthe case. lThe walls 6, 7, invthisinstanceyare of glass;

The rear wall 8 of the caseforms a yhinged door, the hinges being indicated-iat'Qand `connecting the v'door gwith'the stripl 2." The ends 'fof the'door 8A terminate inanges -10 which overlap the rear margins ofthe end 'wallsfrr i' "Hinged at 11 to tlieupperlmargin ofthe doorS 'is a lid 12'v providedfwith a knob13.

The lid V12 'isprovidedl with endfflanges 14:

overlapping tlieupper {margins of the end walls 6, vand is'also'fprovided withl a'longitudinal flange 15 foverlapping'lthefront wall 7'., v 7 i `l 1 i ifieaoee The lower ends of the standards 4: are provided with tongues 16 which project through slots 17 formed in the strips l, 3, said tongues being bentl beneath therstrips to hold said strips and standards l together. A bottom 22- is laid looselyV upon the strips l5' 21' i i i The construction hereinbefore described..

produces a box-shapedreceptacle: which ,is indicated in generahbythe "character "1'85 Positioned in the receptacle 18 is a perforate 19 may be placed with the flange turned downwardly. andfrestingf .on the bottoni-22 .oir the, receptacle ,asshown ,inl Figure 4 or,- the trayfinaylbe 1placedon the bottom 22. with its? angelnp-inrned,. as`I shown in.- vFigures l, Q/lC-l 3. l A .,'Jr-'rftlf When ...the tray :19.,is3inetheposition .shown inn Fgureffr, itis ,adaptediftohold stacks yof ice clr'eamncones 423, they, lowermost lcone of each stack; l being.- ,'insertedin vone. of the per.- forations 2l. The perforations.12lare, suficientlyialargeito. allow. `Jfthe conesy inserted therein to project- ,.a; considerabledistance beneath thertray 19, and the lower'l` projecting 4ends ofY saidocones are inserted lin -p erforations 12e ,formed in ai. supplement alE per for ate tray 25 which telescopes within .the ,trayl 19., the tray.; .25 alsov having-a. flangegG` adapted ,tores upon.thefloor 22as shown in Figure 4l., llo-weven, .the..11ange' 8.6L isfn'arrower than the flange 1120 Sotasoto space the trays 19-25 a,predetermled distance `from each jother.

ldlhendesired, thetray 2.5 may be utilized 4as r` a [shelf ,airidJ-iin'deri such circumstances it willbe iwitl lrawni-from ...the trayil), andthe tray 19 may thenobe iturnedhoveras shown in Eigenen 2', .sol aait@ finerease f. the f .depth of the space above the Vtray 1,9. @Thetray 25 is supportedk by ya pairof hangers, each4 co1nprising cross members 26 pivotally connected toeach other by rivets 27. The upper ends of the members 26 are bent into the form of hooks 28 adapted to extend over the upper edges of the end walls 6 so as to support the hanger. The lower ends of the members 26 ofxeach vpair are bent to forni laterally extending hooks 29 adapted to hoolr Over the margins of two 0f the perforations 24, .as clearly shown in Figure 2. rlfhese hangers are readily detached from the tray 25 by simply 'spreading the lower ends of the members 26 sufliciently to disengage the hooks 29 so that said hooks can be withdrawn from the perforations. W'hen it is not desired to employ the tray 25 as a shelf, the hangers may be detached and laid away.

lt is desirable, in some instances, to place candy or other articlesin bulk in the receptacle, and under such circumstances the tray 19 will preferably be positioned as in Figures 2 and 3. The tray 25 may be detached .contents from the receptacle. ,doorin yclosed.position regardless of the opening"ardclo'singofjthelid 12, l provide y .a..latch at opposite ends of the door, said tray 19 provided with a flange 20, theWperv-'l i' forations being indicatedfsatf. 21..; lhis tray and laid away or, if desired, it may be telescoped within the tray 19, as indicated in broken lines in Figure 2. :it now becomes advisable, because of the tendency of the loose articles to discharge through the open door 8, to prevent opening of the doorv when the lid l2 is raised to abstract some `of the 'lo hold the latches being indicated in general by the oharacteiy().andbeing detachable when it is desired to convert the case into a receptacle for ice cream 'cones'. or ypackaged'.goods.4

The latches 80. are constructed fas follows Each latchcomprises astrfaightarm 3l ter-y ininating, in a hook adapted.'.tov .bei -engaged with'. an eyeSS: formed byl `the. hinge ll. The. forwardend Yof thefzarm-f3l ten mina-tes in,` a\.f,later`ally. projecting linger 34 adapted to extend over .the front faceofwthe standard 4l. v Y, The fingen 3ft isfangularcso as togalso.entenddownwardly a'djacent;.the.in i

ner face ofJadnggS. projecting forwardly from the standard l.. .The iingeri and lug 35, preventy :the forward .end offthe arm B1 frombeing. accidentally4 .thrown outof .latching position. l/Vhen it is not desired to use the latches 30,. they maybe 'readily released at their.V forward `ends,,7.un'hoolred from `the eyes-and laid away; ,i i lt., .is y t0, be noted that the `adva-ntage Aof having spaced trays with.perforationsof 1,.

differentsizes inthe, respective trays 1 is that the cones will `fitfbetter andthe stackswill be better,heldagainst tilting. lthan when, .a sinniember having,l .tapered yholes risl used,

becausel thelcones ,vary somewhat insize and `freqiiently could.; not` vvaccurately. ,l litA=` .Such tapered holes. By using thespaced trays the uper tray supports the cones and the lower tray merely engages the lower ends of the cones to prevent tilting thereof.

l claim: f

l. In a sanitary case, the combination of a receptacle having a door hinged at its lower end and forming the rear wall of the receptacle, the receptacle having a lid hinged to the upper margin of the door and forming the top of the receptacle, the hinges of the lid forming eyes, and arms having hooks engaging the eyes and releasably fastened to the receptacle to hold the door closed.

2, ln a sanitary case, a receptacle having a lid, hangers having hooks at their upper ends engaging over the upper margins of the end walls of the receptacle and having laterally extending hooks at their lower ends, v

1,429,082 i a i tion at the front corners, end and front Walls. neath said strips, and a door hinged. et its` resting on the end and front strips, respecloWer edge to the rear strip.

tively, the upper ends of the standards having tongues bent over the upper margins of the end and front Walls of the receptacle and the lower ends of the standards having tongues. projecting through the front 4andy side strips7 the lower tongues being bent bef Signedv at Los Angeles, California, this v 8th day of April, 1921.

' SAMUEL A. KORNSWE-ET.y

Witnesses: i

GEORGE H. HILES, L. BELLE WEAVER. 

